The operation of the Ikeda family and the Itami family directly confused Tsugawa Soji.

However, in the bottom of his heart, Soji Tsugawa is still more inclined to the Itami family, because Ikeda Nagamasa's various performances are indeed very strange. At the same time, Soji Tsugawa couldn't figure out what Itami was afraid of!

With such doubts in mind, Soharu Tsugawa informed Yukitaka Sanada of Itami's words.

Sanada Yutaka thought carefully for a while, and said tentatively, "Could it be because Itami is worried that Ikeda Nagashi is leaking the news that the Itami family has passed through the family to Miyoshi Chokei?" ”

"If what Itami said is true, then it's really possible!"

Itami and Ikeda Naga came together, but they only met in Goseyama Castle, and then the two of them appeared together in Tsukawa Yashiki. At first, the people who came were very normal, but then when Tsugawa Soji asked the two of them to swear allegiance to the Tsugawa family. Ikeda replied categorically, but Itami politely declined.

Tsugawa Soji didn't understand it before, but combined with Itami's words just now and Sanada Yutaka's explanation, then everything can make sense.

Although Itami had the heart to join the Tsugawa family, he was afraid that Ikeda was "sham surrendering", so he did not dare to express his position in front of Ikeda Nagamasa, lest Ikeda be fanning the flames in the ears of Miyoshi Chokei.

Of course, this is just the speculation of Soji Tsugawa and Yukitaka Sanada!

......

Time flies quickly, and the crusading army finally has the best news since Shangluo!

That's good news!

A good news from Kaga, with a joint monogram of Akechi Mitsuhide and Takahashi Koke.

"My lord! Good news! Sanada Yutaka walked briskly through the corridor with a letter on his face, and then said to Tsugawa Soji, who was practicing archery in the courtyard, "Wise Hinata has received good news from the Moriden that the family has defeated Kaga Ichizune in Echichu five days ago!" ”

"Smack!"

On the arrow target twenty steps in front of Soji Tsugawa, a feather arrow hit the bull's-eye!

Calmly handing the bow and arrow in his hand to the chief of Yamashita beside him, Tsugawa Soji finally smiled, "The Ten Guards did a good job this time, and they finally solved a matter of their own family!" ”

While speaking, Tsugawa Soji's archer, Hasamu Yamashita, and a few people who were close to him had already removed the arrow targets and other objects placed in the courtyard, and several maids hurriedly brought cushions and tea for Tsugawa Soji and Sanada Yutaka and placed them in the middle of the courtyard.

"Try the tea made by the family, this is a new way to drink tea, more simple but a new experience!" Soharu Tsugawa pushed several utensils forward in front of him, then untied one of the jars, grabbed a handful of tea leaves from it and threw it into a clay cup in front of Yutaka Sanada, then picked up a kettle full of boiling water and filled it with water.

"Close the lid!" Soharu Tsugawa pointed to a lid next to the pottery quilt.

After Sanada Yutaka put the lid on his pottery cup, he observed it carefully before he spoke, "Lord, what kind of way to drink tea is this, it's really unheard of!" ”

"Haha! This is called gaiwan tea, which is a way of drinking tea from the Ming Kingdom, mainly in the Shu land of the Ming Kingdom! "Although I don't know if Sanada Yutaka knows what kind of place Shu is, I don't know if Gaiwan tea has appeared in Shu in the Celestial Empire at this point in time.

"Oh, isn't it true that all the people of the Ming Kingdom drink tea like this?" Sanada Yutaka sighed.

"Maybe that's pretty much it!"

The clay cup he had given himself was also filled with boiling water, and while smelling the tea in a good way, Soji Tsugawa asked, "Regarding the battle on Kaga's side, is there a detailed report in Jubei's letter?" ”

"Yes!" Sanada Yutaka hurriedly put down the teacup, then picked up the letter again, and continued: "According to the letter of Akechi-sama, the strength of the family is in Vietnam, and the troops led by Takahashi-sama first defeated Kaga Ichijo and captured Tsuhata Castle! ”

After that, a joint battle broke out between the two sides in Hasunuma Castle, the throat of Echichu and Kaga! There are more than 80,000 people in Kaga Ichizong's army, and there are more than 20,000 people in his own family! ”

"For the first few days, both sides were just tentative attacks! But on the fifth day, the two of Kaga-ichimune's generals, Sugiura Genren and Shimoma Yoriteru, suddenly came out of Hasunuma Castle and led their troops straight to the main camp of Akechi-sama! ”

"At the same time, Honkakuji Zhenghui also began to attack Takahashi-sama's formation!"

"The battle lasted for a total of two hours, and finally Lai Shiruma took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield!"

"Akechi-sama pursued with his army, and caught up with Shimoma Yoriteru a mile outside of Hasunuma Castle, while Gamo-sama's musket team appeared on the flank of the battlefield! Kudo-sama (Masatyo Naito) led a cavalry team across the battlefield and divided Yorishi Shimoma from Gentoshi Sugiura! ”

Half an hour later, Shimoma Yorishi began to rout, and Sugiura Genren was outnumbered and withdrew from the battlefield! Hasunuma Castle was captured by the forces of the family that followed, and Genren Sugiura and Yorizhao Shimoma scattered and fled, and then the forces of the family stopped the pursuit! ”

"Later, Lord Wise waved his army north to cooperate with Lord Takahashi to flank the forces of Zhenghui of this temple! Although the number of disciples of the Yizong Sect is the largest, the morale and combat power are not high, although there are thousands of monks and soldiers, but they are also powerless in front of the standing of the family! ”

"When the heads were counted after the war, after the identification of the rescued Mingdefang Juexiao and others, it was confirmed that Zhenghui of this temple had been killed in this battle!"

Soji Tsugawa blew the tea leaves floating in the cup, then slapped the tea foam with a covered bowl, and took a sip of it, "So what about the real photos of Chaokatsuji Temple?" ”

"Chaoshengji Minoru sits in Kaga Daisshoji Castle, but after the family defeated Echichu Yiyi, Chaoshengji Minoru saw that the general trend was gone, so he fled Daishoji Castle alone. Subsequently, the leaderless Daishonji Temple was captured by the Asakura family's troops! ”

"Since then, although there are still some areas in Kaga and Echichu that have always been occupied, the road to Kamiraku has been opened, and if nothing else, Lord Akechi and others will be able to reach Goseyama Castle at the beginning of next month!" Sanada Yutaka also took a sip of the tea in the cup as Tsugawa Soji did, and his eyes lit up casually, and he glanced at the pottery cup in his hand with a little surprise and surprise.

Soji Tsugawa stood up from his position, looked up at the newly blooming cherry blossoms on the tree in front of him at a fifteen-degree angle with his back to both sides, and said with an intoxicated face, "Kaga Ichimune is just a clown jumping off the beam, don't worry about this family!" ”

"What about Kaga and Echichu? Could it be that my family just ignored it, this is the territory of nearly a million stones! Sanada Yutaka said with a puzzled expression.

The two countries of Echichu and Kaga together have hundreds of thousands of stones, and Sanada Yutaka doesn't believe that Tsugawa Soji will want it?

"Right now, the big enemy of this family is the Miyoshi family, so I really don't have to waste time in Echichu and Kaga!"

"Noto's Hatakeyama family is still in civil strife, and I'm afraid I can't take care of Kaga and Echichu's territory! The strength of the Shiina family is too weak, I'm afraid that even the Jibo family can't deal with it, and it's not worth mentioning! ”

"The Asakura family does have this strength, but the Asakura family also has to go to Luo with the army, so don't worry! Let's let Echichu and Kaga continue to mess around, it's the things of the family, and sooner or later it will be the family! ”